Me, My Brother, and MG - a Column by Allen Francis

Why my twin is terrified of myasthenia gravis remission

The writer and editor Christy Leigh Stewart, who lives with a terminal illness, once said, “Remission is not a cure. It’s an adjective of disability.” In other words, remission from a disease refers to a temporary reprieve from symptoms. There’s a lot I’m still learning about my twin brother,…

Sifting through regret over things left unsaid

“It’s the things that are left unsaid that take up the most space in our hearts.” I don’t know who wrote that, but it reminded me about how much has been left unsaid between my twin brother, Aaron, and me. Aaron’s myasthenia gravis (MG) diagnosis in 1999, at the…